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Hyalophora euryalus, the ceanothus silkmoth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in the dry intermontane valleys and interior of British Columbia, Canada, (as far north as Prince George along the Fraser River) south to Baja California in Mexico. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1855.
Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth , with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings .
Hyalophora cecropia, the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. [1] It is a member of the family Saturniidae , or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of five to seven inches (13 to 18 cm) or more.
[3] [4] C. promethea is classified as a silk moth, which stems from its ability to produce silk, which it does in the formation of its cocoon. [5] C. promethea lives in forests in the eastern U.S. and does not damage the trees on which it lives. [5] [6] [7] The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
A cocoon is a casing spun of silk by many moth caterpillars, and numerous other holometabolous insect larvae as a protective covering for the pupa. Most Lepidoptera larvae will either make a cocoon and pupate inside them or will pupate in a cell under the ground, [ 21 ] with the exception of butterflies and advanced moths such as noctuids ...
They are medium to very large moths, with adult wingspans ranging from 7.5 to 15 cm, in some cases even more. They consist of some of the largest sized Lepidoptera, such as the luna moth, atlas moth, and many more. The Saturniinae is an important source of wild silk and human food in many different cultures. [2]
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Synanthedon resplendens, also known as the sycamore borer moth, is species of a clearwing moth native to western North America. [1] [2] Larva of this moth live under the bark of sycamore, ceanothus, coast live oak, [3] and, on rare occasions, avocado trees. [4] Sycamore hosts include California sycamore, Arizona sycamore, and American sycamore ...